Why Releasing Iran’s Assets Is a Political Headache for Trump

The US for decades has pursued a campaign of pressuring Iran economically, including by deploying measures that have frozen billions of dollars of Iranian assets situated all over the world. Now, as part of a deal to end its three-month war with the country — which has threatened economies around the globe by curtailing access to oil, gas and fertilizer — the US is offering to facilitate the release of blocked Iranian funds.